US 12,585,341 B2 · Systems and methods to interactively control delivery of serial content using a handheld device

Abstract

Systems and methods are described in which user reactions to one or more interactions initiated by a handheld device are a basis for controlling the broadcasting of serial content on a content delivery device such as a television or tablet. Interactions initiated on the handheld device may include visual, acoustic and/or haptic components based on the one or more contexts of concurrent (i.e., current or recently broadcast) or ensuing (i.e., not yet broadcast) content. User reactions may be determined based on device movements or orientations (sensed by a camera or inertial measurement unit), verbal replies (sensed by a microphone), and/or pushbutton indications. Based on user reactions and/or predetermined preferences, serial content may be replayed, paused, bypassed, played in slow-motion, or played in a so-called “fast forward” mode. Systems and methods may provide simple and intuitive methods to control serial content delivery that may be particularly well-suited for young children.

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Dependent claims

A method to engage a device user with serial content presented on a content delivery platform that is one or both of viewable and audible by the device user, comprising:

providing a handheld device operated by the device user that includes a device processor, a device speaker operatively coupled to the device processor, a device microphone operatively coupled to the device processor, and a device communication module controlling serial content presentation on the content delivery platform and operatively coupled to the device processor,
determining, by the device processor using one or more of image recognition, speech recognition and natural language processing, one or more serial content contexts classified within the serial content based on one or more of previously presented serial content, concurrent serial content concurrent with the presentation of the serial content, and ensuing serial content available for future presentation;
playing on the device speaker, one or more interaction sounds related to the one or more serial content contexts;
acquiring from the device microphone, user interaction data from the device user in response to the serial content;
and
generating, by the device communication module, one or more serial content delivery controls based on the user interaction data.

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A handheld device to engage a device user with serial content presented on a content delivery platform that is one or both of viewable and audible by the device user, comprising:

a device body;
electronic circuitry within the device body that includes a device processor;
a device speaker operatively coupled to the device processor;
a device microphone operatively coupled to the device processor;
and
a device communication module operatively coupled to the device processor, controlling serial content presentation on the content delivery platform,
wherein the device processor is configured to:
determine, using one or more of image recognition, speech recognition and natural language processing, one or more serial content contexts classified within the serial content based on one or more of previously presented serial content, concurrent serial content concurrent with the presentation of the serial content, and ensuing serial content available for future presentation;
play, on the device speaker, one or more interaction sounds related to the one or more serial content contexts;
acquire, from the device microphone, user interaction data from the device user in response to the serial content;
and
generate using the device communication module, one or more serial content delivery controls based on the user interaction data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and methods to interactively control delivery of serial content using a handheld device

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